Leonardo Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 The Triumph TR Register Spain just published an article about the 1958 Rally of Europe. Maybe someone is interested, the article is in spanish but the google translation is pretty good, as someone from England told us. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.trclub-spain.com/historicos/american-triumph-1958-rally-of-europe-el-ano-de-la-visita-a-espana-por-leonardo-fernandez/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Those photographs, taken by an unnamed participant in the rally, appeared five years or so ago in an online Photobucket account by someone who found them and was good enough to scan and post them. Many on here will have seen them already. I sent the original Photobucket guy a note through that site years ago telling him what a find he had for us Triumph folk, and asking if we was willing to share the photos (for which he claimed copyright). I never heard back from him. The TR Register Spain guys did a nice job tracking the original sites of many of the photos. (The original Photobucket gallery is all jumbled up between the UK, France, Spain, Monaco, Italy, and Switzerland). The original gallery has 358 photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Here's how the 1958 American Triumph Rally of Europe was written up in the US Triumph Sports Owners Association newsletter: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leonardo Posted August 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) Thanks for your answer. There are more photos in the article than those of the Flickr gallery (376 photos), where they were published 10 years ago. We found a 1958 Rally TR3 survivor and we talked with the owner and there are some photos of the car as well. Anyway, I contacted the Flickr folk too with no answer but those are 1958 copies at least here in Spain they are old enough to be copyright free. Of course one of the most important source of information were the TSOA newsletters as featured in the article. Edited August 31, 2021 by Leonardo mistake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 24 minutes ago, Leonardo said: ...Flickr gallery (376 photos), where they were published 10 years ago... ...those are 1958 copies at least here in Spain they are old enough to be copyright free... Yes -- Flickr, of course, not Photobucket. Were it Photobucket we'd have probably lost the photos with their onerous change in terms of service a few years ago. I'm glad you guys can use the photos -- they're really quite good, and much more than simple snapshots. The original person who took them was a real photography enthusiast. Apologies, Leonardo, if I double-posted the TSOA newsletter images. I must have missed them in your original article. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iain Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Hi Don do you have a link to the original Flickr gallery? Would like to view. Iain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teher Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Many thanks ! That’s fantastic !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) Many thanks Leonardo & Don. Now hands up those who have seen the factory films of the event. Peter W Edited September 2, 2021 by BlueTR3A-5EKT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Are those films available someplace, Peter? My hand is down, alas... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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brydon Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) This one shows the arrival @ London Airport, the staged car handover and the run out to the Bull Hotel @ Gerrards Cross. Look out for the TR3 with rear wheel spats. https://www.britishpathe.com/video/americans-collect-their-triumph-cars/query/triumph+TR3 Edited September 4, 2021 by brydon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brydon Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 This is one of the 1957 rally plaques, (Later rallies showed the year). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidBee Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) TR2/3/3A/3B Forum See: "TR3 KST 277 update 28 AUGUST 2021" My TR3 took part in the first 1957 Triumph Rally of Europe. It was the following number, no. 5, as the photograph avers! This thread also includes my account of (a reconstruction) of the Triumph Rally of Europe, based on the information and facts available in the American Triumph Club newsletters (and there is a second film linked too). Thanks to Brydon, I was able to include more details. David Edited September 4, 2021 by DavidBee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don H. Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 The 1959 American Triumph Rally of Europe lunch menu in Coventry, with a bunch of autographs from rally participants, S-T staff, and some of the suppliers. This one's in my collection of ephemera. I'll bet some of our folks here will recognize some of the signatures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueTR3A-5EKT Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 Thanks Don. Peter W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Silverberg Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 The pictures shown in the article from Spain are from the 1958 East Rally. The BRG TR3 license plate URW 74 was purchased by my Father it is featured in many pictures from the Spanish article. The vehicle was chassis number TS30195L and Engine Number TS30732E The pictures from the article are very similar to his so they may have come from some one traveling in close proximity to him. I do still have all of his pictures from his trip, I also still have all original documentation from the trip including participant list - bulletins and a book written by John Trotter regarding his experiences on the trip. I am not presently in a position to share all of this but if there is sufficient interest I can put something together perhaps within a year. Please let me know if you have any interest in the history of this event. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidBee Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) On 2/27/2022 at 4:21 PM, Mark Silverberg said: The pictures shown in the article from Spain are from the 1958 East Rally. The BRG TR3 license plate URW 74 was purchased by my Father it is featured in many pictures from the Spanish article. The vehicle was chassis number TS30195L and Engine Number TS30732E The pictures from the article are very similar to his so they may have come from some one traveling in close proximity to him. I do still have all of his pictures from his trip, I also still have all original documentation from the trip including participant list - bulletins and a book written by John Trotter regarding his experiences on the trip. I am not presently in a position to share all of this but if there is sufficient interest I can put something together perhaps within a year. Please let me know if you have any interest in the history of this event. Dear Mark Yes, very interested! What you have is, I would guess, of interest to anyone in the TR Register, because your documents would be a significant addition to the history. It might be worth your contacting Wayne because it sounds as if there's plenty of material for a good article in the printed magazine. Best, David Edited February 28, 2022 by DavidBee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Forest TR3A Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Hello Leonardo, thank you very much for this article which gives us a lot of information and pictures! There was published a short article in ESQUIRE, Feb. 1959, on the Rally of Europe 1958, with some nice pics: https://classic.esquire.com/article/1959/02/01/the-great-european-driveaway You will know it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colin W. Gentle Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 Don H. Great to see the copy of the TSOA Newsletter : "Here's how the 1958 American Triumph Rally of Europe was written up in the US Triumph Sports Owners Association newsletter" Especially the last few lines of the newsletter, that mention my Dad, W. F. Gentle. I remember Mike Cook showing me a TSOA news letter years ago that spoke about my Dad's passing. However I never made a note of the issue, are copies on line some where? Thanks, Colin W. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 The BOAC hangar shown in the pictures with the Scots Pipers is still being used by BA. It is now a listed building.- so should ne there for some time to come. I spent many a night shift X-raying aircraft in there. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Forest TR3A Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 Don, here you can find a complete collection of the TSOA Newsletter: https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa-archive/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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